Entries from June 2009

Someone reportedly attempted to rob the Food Mart Convenience Store on Hwy. 98 near the Madison/Jackson County line early Tuesday morning. According to the incident report, the store clerk on duty around 5:40 a.m. told Deputy Mark Jerome that she was doing paperwork in the store office when she received a phone call asking her if she was the ...
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HOSCHTON - Edith Hornig, 70, died Wednesday, June 3, 2009. She was a former resident of New York and had resided here for the past eighteen years. Mrs. Hornig was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Hornig. Survivors include children and spouses, Kelly and Don Merrill, Winder, Adele and Mike Shannon, Auburn, Richard and Amy Dana, Fulton, ...
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GAINESVILLE – Inez Thurmond Garner, 81, died Thursday, June 4, 2009, at Landmark Hospital in Athens, following an extended illness. Born on August 16, 1927, in Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late James and Rosa Bowles Thurmond. She was a Christian, and a member of Westside Baptist Church, where she was a Sunday School Teacher and ...
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GAINESVILLE – Doris Randolph Branch, 81, died Friday, June 5, 2009, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, following a sudden illness. Born on April 15, 1928, in Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late John and Margaret Pace Randolph. She was retired from Con-Agra Poultry and was a member of New Salem Baptist Church. Mrs. Branch was ...
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ALABAMA – Mary E. Wilson, formerly of Jefferson, died Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Mrs. Wilson was preceded in death by her husband Ralph W. Wilson. She was a member of Bethlehem First Baptist Church. She was a loving mother and grandmother to her children, family members stated. She is survived by daughters and son-in-law, Rachel W. and Travis ...
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SAN DIEGO, CALIF. – Antonio “Tony” Damon Stephens, 37, formerly of Gainesville, died Sunday, May 31, 2009, at UCSD Medical Center following an extended illness. Born in Hall County on October 6, 1971, he was the son of Roger and Shirley Stephens, Alto. He had lived in California for the past 15 years. He was a member of Antioch Baptist ...
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WINDER – Jerry Lassiter, 77, died Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Mr. Lassiter earned a bachelor’s degree in music and was a band director when drafted into the Korean War. He earned a master's degree in accounting and became a Certified Public Accountant and was a co-partner in an accounting firm in Dallas, Texas. He became a partner in KPMG ...
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AUBURN – Cynthia Mae Teasley Brown, 81, died Friday, May 29, 2009. Born in Hart County, she lived in the metro Atlanta area since the age of 17. She was the last survivor of 22 children, and was retired from Mack Trucks, Inc. with over 30 years of service. She was a member of the Snellville United Methodist Church. Survivors include her ...
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A he-said-she-said incident precipitated by a couple’s argument over a crying baby sent a 37-year-old man to the emergency room of BJC Medical Center with a cut carotid artery last week. An officer of the Commerce Police Department interviewed the black male victim. He told police he was in bed at a Park Street address, when his girlfriend, a ...
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A deadly multi-vehicle accident in Jackson County on Interstate 85 under the Dry Pond Road bridge on Friday morning was cleared up around noon and I-85 reopened. The Georgia State Patrol confirmed at least one fatality in the southbound wreck, but didn’t have additional details available on the victim. However, the Georgia Department of ...
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